Content Updates for June 2025

These are the content changes we made in June 2025.

Additions and Movements

These are all the items we’ve added, moved and removed during June.

Wed, June 11, 2025 (10 items)

New Items

• 対決 vocab - added this vocab to level 8
• 漣斗 vocab - added this vocab to level 60

Level Changes

• Level 8: 決 vocab - moved up to level 46
• Level 8: 未決 vocab - moved up to level 47
• Level 8: 自決 vocab - moved up to level 56
• Level 8: 決める vocab - moved up to level 10
• Level 8: 決心 vocab - moved up to level 11
• Level 8: 対立 vocab - moved up to level 10
• Level 10: 決まる vocab - moved up to level 12
• Level 11: 決定する vocab - moved down to level 10

Reasoning

• 決-related items (vocab 対決, 決, 未決, 自決, 決心, 決める, 決まる, 決定する, 対立): We replaced advanced vocab like 決, 未決, and 自決 with the simpler 対決 to consolidate the on’yomi reading けつ at level 8. Kun’yomi words like 決める and 決まる were spaced out, and we spaced out decision-related words like 決定, 決定する, and 決心 over a few levels for better scaffolding. We also moved up 対立 to avoid interference with 対決.
• vocab 漣斗: This helps to reinforce the kanji 漣, which currently has no vocab.

Wed, June 18, 2025 (9 items)

New Items

• 北口 vocab - added this vocab to level 3
• 実る vocab - added this vocab to level 20
• 拭 kanji - added this kanji to level 26
• 拭く vocab - added this vocab to level 26
• 錦市場 vocab - added this vocab to level 54

Level Changes

• Level 21: 角 / Angle radical - moved down to level 5
• Level 21: 解 kanji - moved down to level 10
• Level 21: 解決 vocab - moved down to level 10
• Level 21: 分解 vocab - moved up to level 27

Reasoning

• vocab 北口: This helps reinforce the きた reading of 北.
• vocab 実る: This introduces new common vocab and teaches the common reading of 実.
• kanji 拭, vocab 拭く: These introduce new and common kanji and vocab.
• vocab 錦市場: This helps teach the kun’yomi reading of 市場 using a real-world place.
• 角 and 解-related items (radical 角 / Angle, kanji 解, and vocab 解決, 分解): Moved radical 角/Angle to the same level as the kanji 角, so that it can be a prerequisite of that kanji. This movement also allows the radical 角 to appear before the kanji 解, which is dropping to level 10 to teach the on’yomi reading of 決 closer to its introduction. We also switched the primary and alternative meanings of the kanji 解 to focus first on “solve,” so 解決 comes earlier, while 分解 (using the “untie” meaning) is moved up closer to the compounds with the “untie” meaning.

Wed, June 25, 2025 (9 items)

New Items

• 北アメリカ vocab - added this vocab to level 4
• 叶 kanji - added this kanji to level 21
• 叶う vocab - added this vocab to level 21
• 実り vocab - added this vocab to level 21
• 針 vocab - added this vocab to level 26
• お手拭き vocab - added this vocab to level 27

Level Changes

• Level 21: 正解 vocab - moved down to level 11
• Level 21: 理解 vocab - moved down to level 13

Hide

• Level 26: 針医 vocab - hiding

Reasoning

• vocab 北アメリカ: This helps reinforce the きた reading of 北.
• kanji 叶, vocab 叶う: These introduce new and common kanji and vocab.
• vocab 実り: This continues scaffolding from 実る added in an earlier batch.
• vocab 針, 針医: We replaced the uncommon 針医 with the more useful 針.
• vocab お手拭き: お手拭き follows earlier additions of 拭く and help build on existing knowledge.
• 解-related items (vocab 正解, 理解): As 解 moved to level 10, we also moved 正解 and 理解 down to group similar vocabulary but at different levels for better scaffolding.

Other Updates

These are all the other changes we made to WaniKani content in June.

Radicals

• Root - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
• East - Added “fast” to the block list.
• Car - Added “caster,” “wheel,” “wheels,” “automobile,” and “vehicle” to the warning list.
• Angle - Moved “corner” and “horn” to the warning list and updated the meaning mnemonic.
• 兼/Mona Lisa - Updated the mnemonic.

Kanji

• 北 - Changed the primary reading to the kun’yomi きた, changed the alternative reading to the on’yomi ほく, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 弱 - Updated the reading hint.
• 仮 - Added か as an alternative kun’yomi reading, and added け as an alternative on’yomi reading.
• 実 - Added “fruit” as an alternative meaning.
• 性 - Added さが as an alternative kun’yomi reading, added たち to the warned reading list, added “one’s nature,” “characteristics,” “trait,” and “sexuality” to the allow list, and updated the meaning and reading mnemonics and hints.
• 条 - Added 各 to the visually similar kanji list.
• 鍋 - Changed the primary meaning to “cooking pot,” moved “pot” to the allow list, added “hot pot,” “hotpot,” “cook pot,” and “cookpot” to the allow list, and updated the meaning and reading explanations and hints.
• 網 - Changed the primary meaning to “net,” moved “netting” to the allow list, added “web” and “webbing” to the allow list, and updated the meaning and reading mnemonics and hints.
• 弦 - Added “string” to be an alternative meaning, added “strings” to the allow list, and updated the meaning and reading mnemonics and hints.
• 肪 - Moved “fat” to be the primary meaning, moved “obese” to the warning list, added “lard,” “oil,” and “grease” to the warning list, and updated the meaning and reading explanations and hints.
• 脂 - Updated the meaning and reading explanations and hints.
• 東 - Added “fast” to the block list.
• 決 - Added “verdict,” “voting,” “judgement,” “vote,” and “judgment” to the warning list.
• 腰 - Added “lower back” as an alternative meaning, added “upper hips,” “upper hip,” and “hip” to the allow list, updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 鑑 - Added “take into account” as an alternative meaning, added “paragon,” “learn from,” “assess,” “exemplar,” and “epitome” to the allow list, added “specimen” and “prototype” to the warning list, updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 執 - Added “carry out” as an alternative meaning, added “carrying out” to the allow list.
• 殴 - Moved “assault” to the warning list, added “punch” as the primary meaning, added “hit” as an alternative meaning, added “beat” and “strike” to the allow list, updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 賢 - Added “wise” as an alternative meaning, added “smart” and “sage” to the allow list, updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 胆 - Added “gallbladder” as an alternative meaning, added “gall” to the warning list, updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 角 - Updated the meaning explanation and hint, and updated the reading explanation and hint.
• 知 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 訟 - Moved “sue” and “suing” to the warning list, and added “accusation” to the warning list.
• 売 - Added 完 to the visually similar kanji list.
• 雇 - Changed the order of the radical components.
• 塊 - Updated the reading mnemonic and hint.

Vocabulary

• 田んぼ - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 北 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 父 - Replaced one context sentence with a new one.
• お母さん - Replaced one context sentence with a new one.
• 外 - Updated the meaning explanation and updated a context sentence translation.
• 一打 - Updated two common word combination translations.
• 何年 - Added “which year” to the allow list.
• 北西 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 対立 - Moved “confrontation” to be an alternative meaning, added “conflict” as the primary meaning, added “being opposed,” “be opposed,” “being opposed to,” “be opposed to,” “conflicting,” “disagree,” “disagree with,” “disagreeing,” and “disagreeing with” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 回答 - Moved “reply” to the allow list, added “answering,” “replying,” and “responding” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 鳴る - Changed the primary meaning to “to sound,” moved “to ring” to be an alternative meaning, added “to make noise” and “to make a sound” to the allow list, added “to jingle,” “to jangle,” “to strike,” “to go off,” “to roll,” “to blow,” “to rumble,” “to resound,” “to echo,” and “to roar” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 性 - Added しょう to the warned reading list, added “one’s nature,” “characteristics,” “trait,” and “sexuality” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 忘れる - Moved “to forget something” to be an alternative meaning, added “to leave,” “to leave something,” “to leave something behind,” “to leave behind,” “to forget about,” and “to forget about something” to the allow list, added “to neglect” and “to neglect something” to the warning list, and updated the reading explanation.
• 忘れ物 - Added “something left behind” as an alternative meaning, moved “something forgotten,” “forgotten thing,” and “lost property” to the allow list, added “item left behind,” “left behind item,” “left behind thing,” “item you left behind,” and “something you left behind” to the allow list, and updated the meaning and reading explanations.
• 災難 - Updated the translations of two of the context sentences.
• 夢中 - Added “engrossed” to the allow list.
• 備える - Added a new context sentence.
• 了解 - Updated three context sentence translations, added new common word combinations, moved “comprehension” from the allow list to the warning list, added “roger that” and “approval” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• お祝い - Updated one content sentence translation.
• 快速 - Replaced one context sentence with a new one.
• 迷わす - Added “to lead someone astray” as the primary meaning, moved “to lead astray” and “to perplex” to the allow list, added “to mislead someone” and “to perplex someone” to the alternative meanings, added “to mislead,” “to puzzle,” “to puzzle someone,” “to confuse someone,” “to confuse,” and “to make someone lost” to the allow list, added “to tempt someone,” “to tempt,” “to seduce,” and “to seduce someone” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 用心棒 - Added “hired protector” to the allow list and updated the meaning explanation.
• 卵 - Changed the translation of one of the context sentences and added three new context sentences.
• 推測 - Updated the translations for three context sentences and three common word combinations.
• 鍋 - Changed the primary meaning to “cooking pot,” moved “pot” to the allow list, added “hot pot,” “cook pot,” and “cookpot” to the allow list, and removed one context sentence and added three new ones.
• 〜鍋 - Moved “hotpot” to be the primary meaning, moved “pot” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and added a new context sentence.
• 酔っ払い - Changed the primary meaning to “drunk person,” moved “drunk” to the allow list, added “drunken person,” “a drunken person,” “drunkard,” “a drunkard,” “a drunk,” “a drunk person,” “inebriated person,” “an inebriated person,” “intoxicated person,” and “an intoxicated person” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 甲斐性 - Changed the primary meaning to “capability,” moved “resourcefulness” to be an alternative meaning, added “dependability” as an alternative meaning, moved “competence” to the allow list, added “ability” to the allow list, added “worthiness,” “worth,” and “merit” to the warned list, and updated the meaning and reading explanations.
• 交通網 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 通信網 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 網戸 - Updated the meaning and reading explanations.
• 脂肪 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 陥る - Changed the primary meaning to “to fall into,” changed the alternative meaning to “to be thrown into,” moved “to cave in,” “to collapse,” and “to trap” to the warned list, moved “to fall” to the allow list, added “to fall in,” “to get into,” “to be trapped,” “to be trapped in,” “to get stuck,” “to get trapped,” “to get trapped in” and “to get thrown into” to the allow list, added “to go into” to the warning list, updated the meaning and reading explanations, and updated the translation of the context sentence.
• 弦 - Moved げん to be the primary reading, moved つる to be the alternative reading, added “chord” to the allow list, and updated the meaning and reading explanations.
• 弦楽 - Updated the meaning and reading explanations.
• 網羅 - Moved “including” to the allow list and updated the meaning explanation.
• 網膜 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 弦楽器 - Added “string instrument” to the allow list and updated the meaning and reading explanations.
• 管弦楽 - Added “orchestra” to the allow list and updated the reading explanation.
• 管弦楽団 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 五日 - Added “fourth day” to the block list.
• 当たり - Updated two context sentence translations.
• 東 - Added “fast” to the block list.
• 明日 - Moved みょうにち to the warning list, and updated the reading explanation.
• 表す - Added “to throw” to the block list.
• 決定する - Updated one context sentence.
• 対立 - Updated one context sentence.
• 仕事 - Added “chore,” “labor,” “business,” and “duty” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 決まる - Updated one common word combination.
• 着ける - Added “to leave” to the block list.
• 周囲 - Moved “perimeter” to be an alternative meaning, moved “surroundings” to be the primary meaning, moved “environs” to the allow list, added “environment,” “surrounding,” “people around you,” and “around you” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated three context sentence translations.
• 品 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 品物 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 財閥 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 衣服 - Moved “clothes” to be an alternative meaning, moved “clothing” to be the primary meaning, added “apparel” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 腰 - Added “lower back” as an alternative meaning, added “upper hips,” “upper hip,” and “hip” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 捜査 - Rearranged the order of the context sentences.
• 憲政 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 有益 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 過程 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 絶やす - Moved “to kill off” and “to let die out” to the allow list, added “to let something die out” as the primary meaning, added “to put an end to something” as an alternative meaning, added “to put an end,” “to put an end to,” “to kill something off,” “to let something die,” “to exterminate something,” “to let end,” “to let something end,” “to let something come to an end,” “to eradicate,” and “to eradicate something” to the allow list, added “to stop” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, added four common word combinations.
• 散る - Added “to fall,” “to flutter,” “to flutter down,” “to break up,” “to disperse,” “to break away,” “to distract,” “to divert,” “to fall apart,” “to die,” “to be killed,” “to perish,” and “to dissolve” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 融資 - Added “lending money” as an alternative meaning, added “loaning,” “loan money,” “loaning money,” and “lend money” to the allow list, added “finance,” “lend” and “lending” to the warned list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 印鑑 - Added “personal seal” as an alternative meaning, added “one’s seal,” “stamp,” “small stamp,” “one’s stamp,” and “personal stamp” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 鑑定 - Moved “expert opinion” and “judgement” to the allow list, added “expert judgment” as an alternative meaning, added “appraising,” “judgment,” “expert judgement,” “expert analysis,” “appraise,” “judge,” “judging,” “evaluate,” “evaluating,” “evaluation,” “assess,” “assessing,” and “assessment” to the allow list, added “identify,” “identifying,” “analysis,” “analyze,” “analyzing,” “grade,” “grading,” “authenticate,” “authentication,” and “authenticating” to the warning list, added “approve” and “approving” to the block list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 遊び - Updated two context sentence translations.
• 鑑みる - Moved “to be in light of something” to the allow list, moved “to take something into account” to be the primary meaning, added “to be in light of” as an alternative meaning, added “to learn from,” “to learn from something,” “to take warning from,” “to take warning from something,” “to reflect on something,” “to reflect on,” “to reflect,” and “based on” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
• 温床 - Added “breeding ground” as an alternative meaning, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 執る - Moved “to take control” to the allow list, changed the primary meaning to “to take up”, added “to take charge,” “to take charge of,” “to handle,” and “to attend to business” to the allow list, added “to take,” “to do,” “to perform,” and “to hold” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 執着 - Moved “tenacity” to the allow list, removed “obsessed with” from alternative meanings, added “obsession” and “clinging to” as alternative meanings, added “being obsessed with,” “cling,” “cling to,” “clinging,” “adhere,” “adhering,” “adhere to,” “adhering to,” “persist,” “persisting,” “persist in,” “persisting in,” “be tenacious,” and “being tenacious” to the allow list, added “insist,” “insisting,” “insist on,” “insisting on,” “be attached,” “being attached,” “be attached to,” and “being attached to” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 執筆 - Moved “write for a magazine” to the allow list, added “professional writing” as an alternative meaning, added “authorship,” “write,” “professionally write,” “writing for a magazine,” and “professionally writing” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 炒飯 - Added “chahan” as an alternative meaning, added “stir-fried rice” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 未決 - Added “unresolved” as the alternative meaning, moved “unsettled” and “not yet decided” to the allow list, added “unconvicted,” “TBD,” “to be decided,” “unsolved,” “not yet finalized,” “not finalized yet,” “not decided yet,” “not yet settled,” “undetermined,” and “not convicted yet” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, added common word combinations, replaced three context sentences with new four context sentences.
• 決 - Added “verdict” as the alternative meaning, added “voting,” “judgement,” “vote,” and “judgment” to the allow list, added “decide” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, updated two common word combinations, and updated one context sentence.
• 挿話 - Moved “episode” to be an alternative meaning, added “side story” as the primary meaning, added “anecdote” to be an alternative meaning, added “inserted story,” “inserted episode,” “digression,” “supplemental story,” “happening,” “tangent,” and “tangential story” to the allow list, added “incident,” “vignette,” and “aside” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and added three new context sentence translations.
• 賢人 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 賢明 - Added “smart,” “judicious,” “prudent,” “sagacious,” and “well advised” to the allow list, added “intelligence” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 殴る - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 殴打 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 殴り込み - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 陥る - Added three new context sentences.
• 自決 - Moved “self-determination” to the alternative meaning, moved “self determination” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, replaced the context sentences with new ones, and updated the common word combinations.
• 執行猶予 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 胆 - Moved きも to the warning list, moved “innards” to the allow list, added “fortitude” to be an alternative meaning, added “pluck,” “nerve,” and “gallbladder” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 胆石 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 慶事 - Moved “happy event” to the allow list, added “joyous occasion” to be an alternative meaning, added “matter for congratulation,” “joyous event,” and “happy occasion” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 知る - Updated the reading explanation.
• お知らせ - Updated the reading explanation.
• 東口 - Added “eastern gate” to the allow list and updated the meaning and reading explanations.
• 南口 - Added “southern exit,” “southern entrance,” and “southern gate” to the allow list, added “east exit” and “east gate” to the block list, and updated the meaning and reading explanations.
• 病院 - Added “doctor’s office” and “clinic” as alternative meanings, added “medical center” and “medical centre” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 解決 - Moved “solving” to the primary meaning, moved “solution” to the alternative meanings, added “settlement” as an alternative meaning, updated the meaning explanation, added eight common word combinations, added one context sentence, and updated one context sentence.
• 進む - Moved “to go forward” to the allow list, added “to move forward” as an alternative meaning, added “to make progress,” “to make one’s way,” “to head,” “to head for,” “to head toward,” “to step forward,” “to move up,” “to move up to,” “to go on,” and “to go on to” to the allow list, and added “to go,” “to move,” “to get along,” “to get on,” “to cover,” “to make,” “to walk,” “to march,” “to run,” “to travel,” “to be promoted,” “to be promoted to,” “to get into,” “to enter,” “to go into,” “to gain,” “to feel,” “to feel like,” “to get worse,” “to be ready,” “to be ready to,” “to be willing,” and “to be willing to” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
• 知識 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 察知 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 無知 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 愛知県 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 理解 - Moved “understanding” to the primary meaning, moved “comprehension” to the alternative meaning, added “comprehending,” “grasp,” and “grasping” to the allow list, added “appreciation,” “appreciate,” and “appreciating” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 脱衣 - Added “undress,” “undress oneself,” “undressing oneself,” “take off one’s clothes,” “taking off one’s clothes,” “take off clothes,” and “taking off clothes” to the allow list, added “dressing” and “changing” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 理解する - Added “to grasp” to the allow list, added “to appreciate” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 優れる - Updated the reading explanation.
• 締める - Added “to wrap up” as an alternative meaning, added “to fasten” and “to round off” to the allow list, added “to wear,” “to screw,” “to screw up,” “to economize,” “to cut down,” “to cut down on,” “to reduce,” “to slash,” “to curtail,” “to be strict,” “to be strict with,” “to be firm,” “to be firm with,” “to add up,” “to total,” “to marinate,” “to conclude,” “to finish,” and “to close” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 貯金箱 - Moved “bank” and “money box” to the allow list, added “moneybox” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 巨大 - Added “massive,” “colossal,” “very big,” and “very large” to the allow list, added “big” and “large” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 夫婦 - Moved “wife and husband” to the allow list, added “Mr. and Mrs.” as an alternative meaning, added “couple” and “man and wife” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 降る - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 相次ぐ - Added “to occur in succession,” “to happen in succession,” “to happen consecutively,” and “to occur consecutively” to the allow list, added “to occur successfully” to the block list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 花粉症 - Updated three context sentence translations.
• 筋 - Updated three context sentence translations.
• 垂らす - Updated one context sentence translation.
• 承知 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 丼 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 親子丼 - Updated the reading explanation.
• うなぎ丼 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 知恵 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 遣う - Changed the primary meaning to “to use”, moved “to consider” to the warning list, moved “to make use of” to the allow list, added “to have a good command,” “to utilize,” “to operate,” “to manipulate,” “to wield,” and “to spend” to the allow list, added “to dispatch,” “to speak,” and “to demand” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, updated the reading explanation, and added four new context sentence translations.
• 妊婦 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 〜漬け - Updated the reading explanation.
• 綿 - Add “noun” word type and removed “in compounds” and “independent noun” word types.
• 北 - Added ほく to the warned reading list.
• 北アメリカ - Added “South America” to the block list.
• 東北 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 形 - Moved “appearance” to the allow list, added “figure” to the allow list, added “pattern” to the warning list, and updated the reading explanation.
• 決定 - Added “undetermined” to the block list.
• 語る - Updated the reading explanation.
• 型 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 回数券 - Moved “train coupons” to the allow list, added “set of tickets,” “bus tickets,” and “bus coupons” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 操作 - Updated one context sentence translation.
• 傾く - Updated the reading explanation.
• 偏る - Updated the reading explanation.
• 傍ら - Moved “while doing” and “besides” to the allow list, added “alongside” and “beside” as alternative meanings, added “besides doing,” “alongside doing,” “by,” “nearby,” and “side” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, updated the reading explanation, and added two new context sentence translations.
• 起訴猶予 - Updated one context sentence translation.